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Review: “How It Is” from Tate Modern

By Jonathan Alger Overview This is an informal review of the “How It Is” iPhone app by Tate Modern. At the bottom, you will find a quick reference list of features and pros and cons, and also a series of useful links to relevant online sites, other reviews, etc. As it is an informal review, [...]

A MuseumMobile Logo

I was asked for a MuseumMobile logo for the upcoming smARTcamp, so I tweeted a request for ideas and proposals to design one. Here’s what I got from a few tweeps; what do you think?   From Cory Bernat   From Cory Bernat   Or a QR Code (this is New Curator‘s logo).

Is quality *only* in the eye of the beholder?

With flight and hotel room in Michigan finally booked, my thoughts turn to the upcoming unconference sessions at THATCamp Great Lakes, and the opportunity to work with the inspiring campers there on some questions that have been driving my recent research. I am especially interested right now in questions like “What is a Museum? Who [...]

Review of iAfrica: Connecting with Sub-Saharan Art, an iPhone app from MIA

Robin White reviews the iphone app iAfrica: Connecting with Sub-Saharan Art, an iPhone app from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, on her blog,   mediacombo.net/blog

Museum of Islamic Art (MOIA), Doha, Qatar

The Museum of Islamic Art’s multimedia tour guide is an essential tool for your visit and is a solid example of interpretive, mobile media.

Dinosaurs: The American Museum of Natural History App

I was excited to see a tweet from Laura Mann about the American Museum of Natural History‘s new app in the iTunes store: Dinosaurs. At under 50mb, I was able to download it without deleting anything off my iPhone. But the handy size and simple, three-button navigation interface, does not mean the app skimps on [...]

Yours, Vincent: Van Gogh Museum’s iPhone app

Robin White reviews the iphone app Yours, Vincent: The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh,  a portable version of the Van Gogh Letters Project at the Van Gogh Museum, on her blog,   mediacombo.net/blog

Going Mobile at Balboa Park Feb 16-17, 2010

Titus Bicknell & I are looking forward to visiting San Diego and Balboa Park for the first time Feb 16-17, when we’ll be leading a seminar on planning for mobile audiences, content and technology in the museum. Here are a few reminders, and resources for those who’d like to get a head start or who [...]

Tweet-up on mobile technologies

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is launching a series of tweet-ups to continue discussions begun at The Conscience Un-Conference: Using Social Media for Social Good in December 2009. These informal gatherings are open to anyone interested in the application of social media and emerging technologies to further the missions of “institutions of conscience” or [...]

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